diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b8cac56..ad16b507 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
     "@semantic-release/condition-travis": "^1.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/error": "^1.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^1.0.0",
+    "git-head": "^1.2.1",
+    "github": "^0.2.4",
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
     "nopt": "^3.0.3",
     "npm-registry-client": "^6.4.0",
     "npmconf": "^2.1.2",
     "npmlog": "^1.2.1",
+    "parse-github-repo-url": "^1.0.0",
     "require-relative": "^0.8.7",
     "run-auto": "^1.1.2",
     "semver": "^5.0.1"
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 5dec9497..fb6e1175 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ npmconf.load({}, (err, conf) => {
   } else if (options.argv.cooked[0] === 'post') {
     log.verbose(PREFIX, 'Running post-script.')
 
+    require('./post')(pkg, options, plugins, (err, published, release) => {
+      if (err) {
+        log.error(PREFIX, 'Failed to publish release notes.', err)
+        process.exit(1)
+      }
+
+      log.verbose(PREFIX, `${published ? 'Published' : 'Generated'} release notes.`, release)
+    })
   } else {
     log.error(PREFIX, `Command "${options.argv.cooked[0]}" not recognized. User either "pre" or "post"`)
   }
diff --git a/src/post.js b/src/post.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42107af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/post.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+const url = require('url')
+
+const gitHead = require('git-head')
+const GitHubApi = require('github')
+const parseSlug = require('parse-github-repo-url')
+
+module.exports = function (pkg, argv, plugins, cb) {
+  const config = argv['github-url'] ? url.parse(argv['github-url']) : {}
+
+  const github = new GitHubApi({
+    version: '3.0.0',
+    port: config.port,
+    protocol: (config.protocol || '').split(':')[0] || null,
+    host: config.hostname
+  })
+
+  plugins.generateNotes(pkg, (err, log) => {
+    if (err) return cb(err)
+
+    gitHead((err, hash) => {
+      if (err) return cb(err)
+
+      const ghRepo = parseSlug(pkg.repository.url)
+      const release = {
+        owner: ghRepo[0],
+        repo: ghRepo[1],
+        name: `v${pkg.version}`,
+        tag_name: `v${pkg.version}`,
+        target_commitish: hash,
+        draft: !!argv.debug,
+        body: log
+      }
+
+      if (argv.debug && !argv['github-token']) {
+        return cb(null, false, release)
+      }
+
+      github.authenticate({
+        type: 'oauth',
+        token: argv['github-token']
+      })
+
+      github.releases.createRelease(release, (err) => {
+        if (err) return cb(err)
+
+        cb(null, true, release)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+}